Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome according to Sasang Constitutional Medicine in Korean Subjects
Table 4
The prevalence of MS and risk factors according to SCG.
Variables
SE
SY
TE
valuea
valueb
valuec
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
MS
19 (13.48)
54 (20.45)
73 (18.02)
62 (33.33)
105 (29.17)
167 (30.59)
131 (49.25)
201 (50.25)
332 (48.85)
5.03E − 12
4.51E − 16
5.07E − 24
High FBG
37 (26.24)
48 (18.18)
85 (20.99)
77 (41.40)
92 (25.56)
169 (30.95)
106 (39.85)
127 (31.75)
233 (34.98)
0.009
4.84E − 04
7.08E − 06
Low HDL-C
46 (32.62)
130 (49.24)
176 (43.46)
86 (46.24)
205 (56.94)
291 (53.30)
151 (56.77)
261 (65.25)
412 (61.86)
1.87E − 05
1.92E − 04
2.83E − 08
High BP
40 (28.37)
50 (18.94)
90 (22.22)
84 (45.16)
86 (23.89)
170 (31.14)
118 (44.36)
167 (41.75)
285 (42.79)
0.002
3.12E − 11
1.30E − 11
High TG
25 (17.73)
40 (15.15)
65 (16.05)
74 (39.78)
73 (20.28)
147 (26.92)
124 (46.62)
130 (32.50)
254 (38.14)
5.82E − 08
2.91E − 07
4.77E − 14
Large WC
17 (12.06)
101 (38.26)
118 (29.14)
54 (29.03)
179 (49.72)
233 (42.67)
150 (56.39)
322 (80.50)
472 (70.87)
2.95E − 19
2.98E − 30
1.10E − 43
Values are indicated as number (%). valuea: Chi-square test of male among SCG. valueb: Chi-square test of female among SCG. valuec: Chi-square test of total among SCG. MS: metabolic syndrome; SY: So-Yang; SE: So-Eum; TE: Tae-Eum; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; WC: waist circumference.
